Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 16, 1985, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free january i l Union tells Canada Post workers to prepare for strike by Doub Speirs appointed in but talks to be Oart of the collective t about Canada Post including 60 in have been told by their Union to prepare for a National strike to Back contract the members of the Public service Alliance of Are seeking an 18month their first since the end of Federal wage a Union statement yesterday claimed there has been almost no Progress since negotiations began last a Federal conciliation officer was appointed in but talks reached an impasse in the statement lists hours of shift and weekend premi Job rates of pay and contract term As stumbling blocks in it also said Union officials have been meeting to map out strategies to obtain a contract before strike action becomes Al Canada Post spokes Man in said yesterday he had not seen the Union statement and could not comment on it would appear on the face of it to be part of the collective bargain ing he Larry a Union spokesman in said no strike Date has been were not in a position yet to have a Legal he were still awaiting the report of the conciliation which goes to the Federal minister of Gagnon said no Date can be set until labor minister Bill Mcknight reviews the report and decides whether to appoint a commissioner to try and Settle the if he decides not then were in a Legal position to strike seven Days after he makes that he once minister decides and were in a Legal position to it will be up to our members to Indi Cate whether they want to strike at that Gagnon said postal service in Manitoba would come to a standstill if a strike is we could effectively shut Down the main Post office Here through which All of the mail he they the workers keep the machinery operating the coding machines and the were hoping we wont have to our people dont want to Down the Post office if they dont have most of the including 50 in repair and service Post office about 300 including 10 in this Are employed As custodial and stores Gagnon estimated their salaries currently Range from about to an for a Sheet Metal worker in the Winnipeg Plant would earn Between and an Gagnon refused to say what wage increase the Union is but claimed the Crown corporation failed to make any Money offer during he said the unions main goals Are a Job Security provision to ensure no layoffs during the life of the agree and a National pay it appears they Canada Post Are not willing to discuss Job Security and National rates of he Gagnon added that two contracts covering the workers expired in january but the Sian drive restraint program made it impossible for them to negotiate a new Deal for about two smoking ban empties Hall Anita Marquart decided last fall to have her duplicate Bridge customers butt out while they when the smoke cleared so had about one third of her it was an enlightening expert i assure said the out going grandmother who has been known to take unpopular what she didst know was How vehemently some smokers would feel about her unchanging no smoking we expected to lose some customers but we didst expect to be some of our players who smoked took it As an affront and in treated by a few people As a Marquart has operated Anitas Bridge Centre for years with her it is located in the basement of their Home at 369 carpathia the first thing customers see near the mar quarts outside door is a City of Winnipeg nonsmoking the Symbol is also on the base ment Walls and in the washroom provided for playing bylaw 3541 restricting smoking in Public places was passed in december it required restaurants with a seating capacity of More than 30 to provide a nonsmoking As lighting up is prohibited at service counters in Banks and municipal in reception on buses and in bus fourteen months on the Start of National nonsmoking week throughout an Atti tude problem smokers frequently ignore no smoking enforcement is not one charge has been Laid under the once described As a son bylaw looking for private and Public Dave free press Anita Marquart stands by Barry Muslin Marquart has seen smokers attitudes its been a costly she explaining that the three thrice weekly sessions she offers have dropped from an aver age of 20 tables at special Bridge sessions to 12 to 14 tables of four it want As though Marquart dropped the nonsmoking bomb Sud empty Bridge the result of her nonsmoking i Denly it was phased in Over two we Ever have a garage Sale and la j some smokers did Marquart if everyone had been Able to spend three hours without a cigarette it would have been accept she but the majority of smokers decided to switch rather than fight the urge to Light after lowering the nonsmoking curtain at the Marquart has redecorated the Walls and Ceil Walls were yellowed with Nico Tine and the place smelled like an old Pool the ashtrays from 14 Bridge tables have been packed if body foolish enough to want them can have Marquart a Bridge life master for 22 years and the Holder of master and her husband Are both former smokers who believe their health was affected by the its not As if were not familiar that some Bridge players associate the thought processes with a Cigar How can it possibly improve your thinking to have a room Blue with she Marquart now offers refresh ments and a plate of candies for smokers who must have something in their Rule change bails out round Hay Hauler 26 contractors in Manitoba Cut by Zuffi Centre by Cecil Rosner during the past three years 26 Manitoba contractors have been struck from the Federal govern ments list of firms eligible to re move urea formaldehyde foam Insu Douglas spokesman for the Federal uff1 Centre in said the contractors were de registered for a variety of reasons ranging from safety violations to across 150 companies have been de registered since the Federal Zuffi removal subsidy pro Gram was announced in Decem Ber he de Register risk another spokesman for the Diana said renovators of Winnipeg risks being Dere Gisterek unless it responds to in quiries from the Centre a Winnipeg Homeowner has complained that the firm did not fulfil the obligations of a contract with resulting in subcontractors placing two liens against her Wil Liam Avenue although government inspectors found the foam had been properly removed from the Monet said the Federal Centre has been unable to Contact the company for some unless it hears from the firm within about two some action will be she the provincial Consumers Bureau abandoned mediation efforts in the Case when it was unable to reach the company after numerous attempts beginning in late Rutherford said firms can be de registered for repeated safety Vio loss of qualified person failure to main Tain sufficient liability insurance or infractions of provincial Regula contractors Are generally Given verbal and then written warnings if their work is found he repeated problems result in suspensions and finally Dereg istra Rutherford also said More than Manitoban with Zuffi in their Homes have still not filed claims for up to in Federal Grants to remove the the government announced last year that its subsidy would wind up sometime in the 1985 86 fiscal although no exact Date has yet been Rutherford said homeowners in Manitoba registered with the government before the deadline in sep tember 1983 and so far claims have been under the homeowners can get Grants to remove the foam and take other remedial measures such As improving air circulation or sealing cracks in Interior some families with Low incomes also can qualify for additional help of up to registered nearly homeowners across Canada registered under the pro Gram before the about 80 per cent of the Homes registered in Manitoba Are in a further indication of the Immi nent Windup of the program came in november when finance minister Michael Wilson announced in his financial statement that the Zuffi assistance program would have million Cut from its administrative overhead the highways department is going to forgive a traffic ticket issued to a Mccrear area trucker for carrying an oversized Load of Harry got the ticket just two Days before the province announced new regulations governing Load his Mother said Blake was carrying a Load of round Hay Bales to Sas Katche she the Bales were illegally stacked two Bales High when Blake was stopped near Minnedosa by a highways weather Winnipeg area forecast Cloudy with occasional periods of tapering off to flurries this brisk North winds this High today near occasional Clear periods tonight with a Low near mainly Cloudy with occasional flurries High near probability of precipitation is near 80 per cent 20 per cent tonight and 70 extended Outlook Southern Manitoba Clear and cold Friday and variable cloudiness temperatures moderating a bit sunday but still below Normal values of 14 and Northern Manitoba Clear and cold Friday and Cloudy periods sunday with temperatures rising to near Normal values of 19 and Northwestern Ontario Clear and cold Friday and occasional cloudiness temperatures warming a Little sunday but still below Normal values of 13 and after being issued the ticket and told to offload some of the Blake ended up staying in Minnedosa in Alberta and it has been Legal to carry two rows of stacked Hay Bales for about two said Barry Martin of the Saskatchewan department of but it was illegal in Manitoba until last thursday when the provincial government announced a policy change concerning round agriculture minister Bill Uruski and transportation minis Ter John Lohman said they would allow Farmers to transport loads that Are two rows wide and two Bales the move was made to Supply More Bales to meet a livestock feed shortage in Western Manitoba after a dry the ministers our mistake a Story monday said wrongly that Henry Morgentaler operates 18 abortion clinics in in he operates Only others Are operated by Community health clinics and private in addition to those 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